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It has been a while since I felt the need to write anything to do with education hence the disappearance of this blog. There was a sort of truce in my mind between the prog/trad divide; it was still there…

My dad has two hobbies: watching reruns of Two and a Half Men, and scouring his Italian village website looking for obituaries of his contemporaries. I can safely say I will never watch an entire episode of Charlie Sheen taunting…

There is no best way to teach, and no best school, and yet so much on Twitter and in education policy is predicated upon the assumption that these things do exist.There are educationalists who get around the fact that there…

There is no best way to teach, and no best school, and yet so much on Twitter and in education policy is predicated upon the assumption that these things do exist.There are educationalists who get around the fact that there…

There is a list of children's books being compiled by the TES at the moment.Ones 'children should read before they leave primary school'.https://tes_global.formstack.com/forms/tes_primary_booksWhen you click on the webpage, there isn't even free choice, you have to choose from a drop-down…

There is a list of children's books being compiled by the TES at the moment.Ones 'children should read before they leave primary school'.https://tes_global.formstack.com/forms/tes_primary_booksWhen you click on the webpage, there isn't even free choice, you have to choose from a drop-down…

There is a list of children's books being compiled by the TES at the moment.Ones 'children should read before they leave primary school'.https://tes_global.formstack.com/forms/tes_primary_booksWhen you click on the webpage, there isn't even free choice, you have to choose from a drop-down…

Thursday 9:30amThe Sunday Times Festival of Eduction held at Wellington College is the biggest, poshest event of the education calendar. It is great if you are seriously interested in eduction; if you aren't then the double queue for the burger…

Yesterday I attended Northern Rocks: The Sequel. I am privileged to call the two inspiring women who put this event together my friends. I was there as a 'helper' - not sure I earned that name badge- although I did…

I feel like I have been permanently riding a particularly unfunny, budget ghost train over the past few years. Strapped in, bumping through the dark, nothing really coming as a surprise; around every rickety corner yet another a screeching educational…

I feel like I have been permanently riding a particularly unfunny, budget ghost train over the past few years. Strapped in, bumping through the dark, nothing really coming as a surprise; around every rickety corner yet another a screeching educational…

I have just watched a video of Linda Cliatt-Wayman; a woman I had never heard of until today, and yet one I feel everyone in education should know about. It was @C_Hendrick who originally tweeted a link to her powerful…

I have just watched a video of Linda Cliatt-Wayman; a woman I had never heard of until today, and yet one I feel everyone in education should know about. It was @C_Hendrick who originally tweeted a link to her powerful…

Hey. Look at me!EVERYONE!!!Put down that glitter and stop putting up displays for crying out loud- you are wasting your time.And you! YOU over there, teaching, yes you! Look at me.I've been teaching for ages. Well.... not exactly ages, but long enough…

Hey. Look at me!EVERYONE!!!Put down that glitter and stop putting up displays for crying out loud- you are wasting your time.And you! YOU over there, teaching, yes you! Look at me.I've been teaching for ages. Well.... not exactly ages, but long enough…

When I was ten I went to school in Highgate. My head teacher used to come to school on roller skates. She had pink and blue plaits in her hair. She was a bit annoying. She gave assemblies about herself…

I am probably the last person to blog about the meeting with Ofsted I attended last week. The reason I have been slack is that I am frankly depressed.All the other attendees have written in detail of the events of…

I read David Didau's post about his visit to Michaela Free School yesterday- I think most of us did. If you haven't, here it is:http://www.learningspy.co.uk/featured/michaela-school-route-one-schooling/Many of the ideas in the blog did not come as a surprise to me; I…

Teachers are living in odd times. Many of us are finding ourselves stripped of our professionalism in an ever growing quagmire of scrutiny and micromanagement, yet within the media (and on social media) there is a brave new narrative of…